在气候极端局势的临时加剧下,公共卫生风险
Kuan Zhang1, Xiaoming Wang2,3, Tao Wang1
1School of Public Policy and Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis
|September 9, 2025
概括
气候变化增加了复合极端事件,造成严重的公共安全威胁. 弱势群体,特别是重庆等城市地区,面临着热浪和这些事件带来的健康风险,需要有针对性的干预措施.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 气候科学 气候科学
- 公共卫生风险评估公共卫生风险评估
背景情况:
- 气候变化正在增加复合极端事件 (CEE) 的频率和强度.
- 这些CEE对公共安全和健康构成重大威胁,特别是在人口密的城市地区.
- 2022年的夏天突出了重庆等大城市对临时复合事件 (TCE) 的脆弱性.
研究的目的:
- 根据IPCC的风险框架,制定和应用CEE的公共卫生风险评估框架.
- 确定与CEE相关的公共卫生风险的时间和空间变化.
- 了解不同人口统计数据中导致脆弱性和暴露的因素.
主要方法:
- 利用IPCC风险框架来评估公共卫生风险.
- 分析了基于自然资源,社会经济条件和人口统计的时间和空间风险差异.
- 研究热浪带来的特定风险及其与TCEs的相互作用.
主要成果:
- 热浪带来的公共健康风险因高暴露和脆弱性而增加,这与生活条件差,社会隔离以及精神障碍等现有健康问题有关.
- 特别是在与热浪相结合时,CEE会增加弱势群体 (包括儿童和老年人) 的风险,并加剧非传染性疾病.
- 极其脆弱的人群不成比例地暴露于CEE,导致健康影响增加,不平等加剧,环境不公正.
结论:
- 减少暴露在热浪中的时间至关重要,但包括气候危害减缓和脆弱性降低在内的综合战略对于最大限度地降低中东欧风险至关重要.
- 加强卫生系统和改善居住条件是保护公共健康的重要干预措施.
- 为实现可持续发展和促进环境正义,应对中东欧企业至关重要.
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